DECEMBER 2017 VOL 5 ISSUE 2
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Sye Raa
Audio Rights creates Sensation
Akhil’s third film ! with Koratala Siva
Seerat Kapoor
flaunts her deep Cleavage
Beauty
Sai Dharam
rejected Super Hit film for Chiru
MEHRENE KAUR PIRZADA
anchor
sreemukhi SAYS:
I LOVE YOU ON TWITTER P
opular TV anchor Sreemukhi started her career with a show Adhurs and now she has earned millions of fans. She appeared as an actress in 2012 in Julai as Allu Arjun's Sister and later made her debut as lead actress in Prema Ishq Kaadhal. Sreemukhi is popular for sharing dubsmash videos, singling clips and selfies on social media sites. She was last seen in bold drama Babu Baga Busy, is quite active on social media sites. Recently a sweet and funny conversation between two celebrities has became a hot topic of discussion. We are talking about Sreemukhi and top comedian Vennela Kishore. Recently Vennela Kishore posted his
photo on Facebook and Twitter, he captioned it "My Caribbean.. my Kamareddy" Sree Mukhi responded to the photograph of Vennela Kishore and commented "Our*". A netizen replied that he likes her anchoring. Now Vennela Kishore reacted to it and commented that 'She is a rockstar.. 400 K followers and still counting.." At the end of conversion, Sree Mukhi commented "I love you. My keypad types only this when I see your tweets" . Again Vennela Kishore responded and wrote "And i blush everytime expecting my cheeks turn red, but nope..they r the same chamana chaya."
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SAMANTHA, AMALA & NAG'S
CAMEOS IN AKHIL’S HELLO A
ll eyes are on Akhil Akkineni’s upcoming movie Hello, which is scheduled to hit the theaters 22nd December. The expectations are high! Akhil’s first movie Akhil:The Power of Jua was bombed at the box office and the sources says that this time, the makers are using unique strategy as a part of promotional activities. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, entire Akkineni family including Amala, Samantha Akkineni, Nagarjuna will be seen playing cameos in Akhil’s Hello. If the buzz is true, then it’s going to be visual feast for Akkineni fans. The film is directed by Vikram K Kumar and produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna. Hello promises to give the much-needed boost to Akhil's acting career. Recently the makers released the teaser of the movie and the film promises to be a high-octane actioner with a cute love story. Kalyani Priyadarshan is playing the female lead. The film has music by Anup Rubens.
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local court in Erramanzil in Hyderabad sentenced popular producer and character artiste Bandla Ganesh to undergo six months of imprisonment in connection with a cheque bounce case recently. According to the latest update, the court also directed him to pay a fine of Rs 15,88,550. The case was booked against Bandla Ganesh based on a complaint lodged by Temper film writer Vakkantham Vamsi. Temper starring Young Tiger Jr.NTR and Kajal Aggarwal,
is directed by Puri Jagannadh and it was hit at the box office. Vakkantham Vamsi is the writer and Bandla Ganesh is the producer. According to Vakkantham Vamsi, Bandla Ganesh issued a cheque as his remuneration for the Temper which later said to be bounced. The court has apparently investigated into the matter and found Bandla Ganesh guilty. Bandla Ganesh has immediately applied for bail and the court granted him the bail with certain conditions.
6 MONTHS JAIL,
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SHRIYA SARAN
TEAMS UP WITH MOHAN BABU G
orgeous diva Shriya Saran who was last seen in Puri Jagannadh’s Paisa Vasool starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, will be seen playing important role in Mohan Babu’s upcoming film Gayathri. Manchu Vishnu and Shriya Saran who will be seen playing important role in the movie, have joined the set. Vishnu will be seen playing a powerful role in this upcoming drama, being helmed by Madan. The sources say that Shriya Saran will be seen in significant role. Hot anchor turned Anasuya Bharadwaj and Nikhila Vimal of Meda Meeda Abbayi fame are also part of this film, which is being bankrolled by Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures and it has the music by SS Thaman. On the otherside, Shriya Saran will be next seen in Crime Thriller drama Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu, directed by Indrasena R. and produced by Appa Rao under the Baba Creations banner. The film starring Nara Rohit, Sudheer Babu, Sree Vishnu and Srinivasa Reddy in the lead roles.
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AKHIL’S THIRD FILM WITH KORATALA SIVA
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oratala Siva is one of the most successful commercial director in the Telugu film industry who has back to back hits. He scored the hat tricks with Mirchi, Srimanthudu and Janatha Grage. The director is currently working with Superstar Mahesh Babu for the upcoming political drama Bharat Ane Nenu, in which Spyder star will be seen playing Chief Minister and Kaira Advani is playing the female lead. The sources say that Nagarjuna Akkineni is keen on bringing Koratala Siva on board for his production house to direct Akhil's third film. The director is actually focused on finishing Bharat Ane Nenu and he also has a project with Ram Charan and Stylish Star Allu Arjun. Nagarjuna is ready to pay a huge advance to the director. If everything will go accordingly, Mirchi director and Akhil’s film will go on the floor after the completion of ongoing assignments of Koratala Siva. Currently Akhil is busy in the promotional activities of ‘Hello’ directed by Vikram Kumar of 24 and Manam fame, in which Kalyani Priyadarshan is playing the female lead and it is scheduled to hit the theaters on 22nd December.
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Rajamouli's
film with Charan & NTR based on Boxing
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t is known news that Baahubali director SS Rajamouli’s next film is going to be with top stars of Telugu film Industry- Ram Charan and Young Tiger Jr.NTR. Recently Mega actor Sai Dharam Tej confirmed SS Rajamouli’s film with Cherry and Tarak, while talking to a media channel. According to the latest update, the upcoming untitled film will be of Sport Genre which is related to Boxing team. For Baahubali, Young Rebel Star Prabhas and
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Rana Daggubati beefed up their body, in the same manner, Tarak and Ram Charan will also beef up for the tough boxers role in the film. This film is going to be produced by DVV Danayya under his DVV Entertainments LLP Banner. The un-titled film will also be released in Tamil and Hindi languages simultaneously and the makers are planning to release the film in summer 2019.
KAJAL
JOINS SHARWANAND’S CRIME THRILLER
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his year 2017, the gorgeous actress Kajal Aggarwal has delivered a series of hit movie. The year started with Megastar Chiranjeevi’s come back movie Khaidi No 150 and later Kajal Aggarwal shared the screen space with Baahubali and Ghazi fame Rana Daggubati in Teja’s political drama Nene Raju Nene Mantri. Kajal who is also active in Kollywood, delivered Thala Ajith’s starrer Vivegam and Vijay starrrer Mersal. Currently she is romancing with Nandamuri Kalyanram in upcoming movie ‘MLA’. She is also busy in Paris Paris, Tamil remake of Bollywood hit movie Queen in which Kangana
Ranaut played the female lead. Now according to the latest update, Kajal Aggarwal has been roped in an upcoming movie in the direction of Sudheer Varma starring Sharwanand. The sources say that after considering several actresses before locking Kajal Aggarwal and curly hair beauty Nithya Menen. The project is produced by Suryadevara Nagavamsi under Sithara Entertainments banner. Noted Malayalam musician composer Prashanth Pillai is on the board to render the tune. Interestingly, both Kajal and Nithya Menen will also be seen in Nani’s production venture Awe, directed by Prasanth Varma.
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GOPICHAND COMMENTS ON PRABHAS’S MARRIAGE P
rabhas’s marriage became National Question after Kattappa Killing Question. After Baahubali-2 release, many have been waiting to hear when will Prabhas marry and whom will he marry. Anushka Shetty has been rumoured to be his love interest but the actress has denied being in any romantic relationship with the actor. Recently Gopichand make an interesting comments on Young Rebel Star Prabhas’s marriage. He said, “Prabhas and me are good friends. Our friendship started when I entered film industry. Though I’m also friends with other actors like Mahesh Babu
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and Jr NTR, I’m close to Prabhas. We often meet and talk about movies and personal stuff. The pressure on him after the ‘Bahubali’ is all over. Now he is little relaxed and says that he will soon see a good girl and get married. We want to make a film together. We have decided to produce a good films .” On the work-side, currently Prabhas is busy in upcoming action and romantic entertainer Saaho, which is being helmed by Sujeeth of Run Raja Run fame. Shraddha Kapoor is playing the female lead role. Apart from lead pair the film has Neil Nithin Muken, Jackie Shroff, Mandira Bedi and others in crucial role.
Sye Raa
Audio Rights creates Sensation
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fter making his strong comeback with Khaidi No 150 earlier this year, Megastar Chiranjeevi is gearing up for the highly anticipated Telugu period drama, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, an epic story of Kurnool-based freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. It is going to be helmed by Dhruva fame Surender Reddy and produced by Ram Charan under his
home production banner Konidela Production Company. According to the latest update, the audio rights of this upcoming big budget drama were sold for the whooping Rs 2.90 Cr. The official confirmation is awaited regarding it. It is heard that Aditya Audios is now focusing less on audios and more on film production. But the figures quoted for Sye Raa audio are truly mind boggling.
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ACTRESS DROPPED R
Puri and RGV
PARTYING
HARD WITH
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am Gopal Varma is known for speaking his mind not just on camera, but also off it on social media. Maverick director Puri Jagannadh is known for his flamboyant nature. Recently both directors Puri Jagannadh and Ram Gopal Varma was spotted together enjoying the live music along with drinks. Apparently, a video is now going viral on the social networking websites, drawing many eye balls. Ram Gopal Varma was spotted in the video, enjoying the music along with drinks and he is also seen touching the feet of musician. The video is posted by none other than actress Charmee Kaur. On the workside, Ram Gopal Varma is going to direct a cop drama for Akkineni Nagarjuna. Both Nag and Ramu teamed up after a gap of 25 years and this is RGV’s fourth movie with Nag after Shiva, Antham and Govinda Govinda. Puri Jagannadh is currently busy in re-launching his son Aakash Puri as a lead hero for upcoming action and romantic entertainer Mehbooba. The backdrop is that of Indo-Pak war in the year 1971. Neha Shetty is on the board to play the love interest of Aakash Puri. In the video RGV is also seen giving some advice to Akash Puri.
RAKUL
TO TEST HER LUCK THIRD TIME WITH CHARAN & BOYAPATI?
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ega actor Ram Charan is currently busy in the shoot of upcoming village based drama Rangasthalam 1985, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Sukumar. Samantha Ruth Prabhu (Akkineni) is playing the female lead. Ram Charan has also committed to do a movie with Baahubali fame SS Rajamouli costarring Jr.NTR. On the otherside, Ram Charan’s next movie with mass
before July and then move on to Rajamouli’s project. According to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Rakul Preet Singh who has shared the screen space with Ram Charan in Bruce Lee and Dhruva, is on the board to play the love interests of Ram Charan in Boyapati Srinu’s film. The sources say that Boyapati is very impressed with the performance skills of Rakul, who had worked with him in Sarrainodu
specialist Boyapati Srinu has been officially launched recently. D.V.V. Danayya is producing the film under this banner DVV Entertainments and the shooting is going to commence from January next year. Magadheera star will now have to complete Boyapati’s project
starring Stylish Star Allu Arjun and Jaya Janaki Nayaka starring Bellamkonda Sai Srinivas. So, if the things materializes this will be Rakul Preet Singh’s third project with both Ram Charan and Boyapati Srinu.
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RAJASEKHAR TO PLAY VENKATESH'S BAVA
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nly star hero in Telugu Film Industry who is giving equal importance to the multistarrer movies is none other than Victory Venkatesh. He worked with Power Star Pawan Kalyan in Gopala Gopala and Superstar Mahesh Babu in Seethamma Vakitlo Srimalle Chettu. He also did Masala with young actor Ram Pothineni. Recently director Teja announced his two projects, one with Venkatesh and the next with Nandamuri Balakrishna for Sr. NTR (Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao) biopic. Apart from Venky, the makers are planning to rope another hero to play the key role. The name of Nara Rohit, Madhavan and Sumanth are being considered to play the crucial role. The sources close to
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film unit reveal that senior actor Dr. Rajasekhar is in talk to portray the character of Venkatesh's brother-in-law in this upcoming untitled film. Dr. Rajasekhar made his strong comeback with action thriller drama PVS Garuda Vega 126.18M, directed by Praveen Sattaru. He is taking special care while listening the storyline and he wants to do content oriented movies. If the actor gives green signal to the makers, it will be very interesting to watch Venkatesh with Rajasekhar together on screen. The preproduction work of the movie has been already started and Teja is busy with the casting.
AR Rahman OPTS OUT OF
SYE RAA
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or the first time, Oscar winning music director AR Rahman teamed up with Megastar Chiranjeevi for the upcoming movie Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. This has created a huge expectation for the period drama Sye Raa, which is touted to be a biopic on the freedom fighter Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy. To be directed by Dhruva fame Surender Reddy, the film’s story has been penned by Paruchuri Brothers. Ram Charan is bankrolling the movie under his banner Konidela Production Company. AR Rahman has confirmed during a media interaction in Hyderabad that he is not part of Chiranjeevi’s
highly-anticipated historical biopic, Sye Raa. However, it is neither due to some creative differences nor due to remuneration, but A R Rahman's hectic schedule is the reason why he couldn't work for Megastar film. Meanwhile, the makers are yet to make an official announcement in this regard.The star cast of Sye Raa includes Nayantara and Pragya Jaiswal as the female leads with veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan as Uyyalawada Peddamalla Reddy. Apart from them, the film has other stars like Jagapathi Babu, Sudeep, Vijay Sethupathi, Ravi Kishan in important role.
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SAI DHARAM REJECTED SUPER HIT FILM FOR
CHIRU
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t is known news that Dil Raju’s Sathamanam Bhavati starring Sharwanand and Anupama Parameswaran, Krish’s historic and war drama Gauthamiputra Satakarni starring Nandamuri Balakrishna and Megastar Chirenjeevi’s comeback movie Khaidi No 150 were released on the occasion of Sankranthi 2017 and competed at the box office. Earlier Dil Raju wanted to rope young actor Sai Dharam Tej to play the lead role in Sathamanam Bhavati and
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when the producer met SDT and expressed his desire to rope him to play the lead role, Supreme and Winner star said yes but when Dil Raju revealed that the film would be released as Sankranthi treat, Sai Dharam rejected the offer. Explaining the reasons, Subramanyam For Sale actor said, he did not want to compete with his uncle Chiru at the box office so he said no to the makers. All the three movies fared well but ‘Shathamanam Bhavathi’ was the Sankranthi winner and it also won National Award.
COMPLAINT REGISTERED AGAINST
HYPER AADI
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complaint has been registered against popular comedy show Jabardast actor Hyper Aadi and its judges Nagababu, Roja, for making derogatory comments on Orphan Children . A case was filed in Saifabad Police
extended his support to Priyanka in this regard. Kathi has openly criticized Hyper Adi and said that "He doesn't support body shaming and it is the cheap form of comedy.” During a TV channel
Station in this regard by a Girl Priyanka, who belongs to ‘Maa Illu’, an orphanage and her associates. In the complaint letter, it is alleged that the jokes presented in the show have hurted the sentiments of orphans, divayangas, and women. Film Critic Mahesh Kathi has also
debate program, the panel strongly demanded an apology from Aadhi, Jabardasth Program anchor Anasuya Bharadwaj and judges Nagababu and Roja. Though Aadhi apologised to them on the TV debate, they demanded him to apologise on Jabardasth show.
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FIRST LOOK OF NANI’S
PRODUCTION VENTURE
AWE
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ani is turning into producer with an upcoming film Awe, which is being helmed by Prasanth Varma. Recently the makers released the first look poster and title of the film. Nani Took to twitter to share the first look Poster of his production venture ‘Awe’. He tweeted, “Presenting u .. అ! #AWEFirstlook February 2018.” The first look poster has a tea cup containing the title, a cup full of sugar cubes, a gun wrapped in a newspaper, rose
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petals, Bhagavad Gita and organ donation form, all placed on a table. The interesting thing regarding this upcoming film is that the movie features number of top stars from South Indian Film Industry. Kajal Aggarwal, Regina Cassandra. Eesha Rebba, Nithya Menen and Srinivas Avasarala are the part of Awe. Nani and Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja have given voice over and Baahubali costume designer Prashanti Tirpirneni is co-producing the movie under Wall Poster Cinema banner.
ANDREA JEREMIAH CROONS FOR MAHESH'S
BHARAT ANE NENU
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n actress, playback singer, musician and dancer Andrea Jeremiah who is enjoying the success of her recently released horror Tamil movie Aval starring Siddharth, has crooned a song for Superstar Mahesh Babu’s upcoming political drama Bharat Ane Nenu, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Koratala Siva. Andrea Jeremiah is very close to sensational music composer Devi Sri Prasad and both shares good rapport. Earlier the hot diva also lent her vocal for the famous red hot Zara Zara song in Young Tiger Jr.NTR’s film Rakhi under DSP’s composition. Andrea revealed that she has collaborated
with Devi Sri Prasad recently and recorded a song for Bharat Ane Nenu. DSP is known for bringing typical voices for special songs in his movies. Andrea is already a famous actress and popular for her glamour avatar & controversial statements. She debuted as a singer but then became an actress. She has sung several popular songs for composers Harris Jayaraj, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Devi Sri Prasad and G. V. Prakash, and has also received nominations at Filmfare and Vijay Awards for few of them. Andrea Jeremiah has composed several music themes, songs and albums.
ANUSHKA shocks everyone with
HER STYLISH CHANGEOVER A
nushka Shetty who is popular for woman centric movies like Arundhati, Rudhramadevi and Size Zero, was last seen in SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali and the beautiful actress gave her fans a reason to celebrate. She shared the screen space with Darling Prabhas and essayed the role of Devasena. Now once again, Anushka is in the limelight. She posted a recent pic on her official FB page and created a buzz amongst movie buffs. In the pic, she is seen in a stylish and stunning avatar that she carries off like a pro. She came up with a strong caption and gave us some major inspiration. She wrote, “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic,it takes Sweat,Determination and Hardwork.” Sweety is inspiring many with her weight loss. On the work-side, Anushka Shetty will be next seen in Bhaagamathie, directed by G. Ashok of Pilla Zamindar fame and produced by V. Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod under the banner, UV Creations. Apart from Anushka, the film has other stars like Unni Mukundan, Malayalam star Jayaram and Aadhi Pinisetty in important roles. The film is scheduled to hit the theaters on 26th January 2018 on the occasion of Republic Day.
Mahesh's niece
makes her acting debut
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uperstar Mahesh Babu’s sister Manjula Ghattamaneni is making her directional debut with an upcoming untitled film in which Sandeep Kishan in the lead role. The film has Amyra Dastur and Tridha Choudary as the female leads. According to the latest update, the daughter of Manjula and Sanjay Swaroop, Jaanvi is making her debut as a child artist in her mother Manjula’s directorial debut film. This news is confirmed by Manjula herself as she wrote on the wall of Twitter, “My daughter Jaanvi – I’ve never exposed her to shoots, So I was quite nervous on her first day of the shoot, Bt she just breezed in, gave her shot with great confidence. A completely natural and of course a diva(high maintenance).She reminds me of @urstrulyMahesh when he was a child star”. Manjula’s directorial debut, an urbane romantic drama, will hit the screens early next year. It is being produced by Gemini Kiran. The movie has a child's character, which comes at a crucial stage of the narrative. According to film makers, Jaanvi suits the character of the child. Hence, she decided to cast her for the role in the film.
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MANDIRA BEDI'S COMMENTS ON
PRABHAS S
S Rajamouli’s historic and war drama Baahubali:The Beginning and Baahubali 2:The conclusion, has changed the fortunes of Young Rebel star Prabhas forever. Thanks to the 'Baahubali' franchise, Prabhas has now gained pan-India fame. His stardom which was confined to only South States has spread across the nation. His muscularity has won millions of admirers across the country. The latest one to join the list of ardent fans is the Bollywood hot babe Mandira Bedi, who is playing villain in Prabhas’s upcoming action and romantic entertainer Saaho. Currently the movie is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Sujeeth of Run Raja Run fame. Mandira Bedi is completely bowled over by Prabhas. The actress and Television host said, “'Baahubali' is once in a lifetime movie that can't be remade and even if anyone tries to attempt, there's no hero of Prabhas's caliber in Bollywood.” Recently during the media interaction Mandira opened up about her role and said, “It's a negative character and I am excited about it. The one woman amongst a gang of negative characters. But someone who holds her own in a world of men. It's a great team and will be a great movie." Saaho features Shraddha Kapoor opposite Prabhas. The film also stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Jackie Shroff and Chunky Pandey in pivotal roles.
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NAMITHA AND VEERENDRA
ARE NOW MARRIED
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inally Billa girl Namitha bid goodbye to her singlehood on Friday, 24th November , as she tied the knot with her boyfriend Veerandra Chowdhary. The couple entered the wedlock in the presence of their family, friends and celebrities from Television and film industry, at ISKON in Tirupati. Their marriage was conducted as per the Hindu customs. The groom tied the sacred thread around her neck at around 5.30 am with priests chanting Vedic hymns. Namitha looked very beautiful
as she wore blue saree at the beginning of the wedding ritual, whereas groom Veerandra Chowdhary wore blue and brown sherwani. Later the blushing bride was seen in an orange pink silk saree with a heavy border matching up with expensive jewelleries for her wedding. The celebrities from Tamil Film Industry including Sarath Kumar with his wife Radhika, Bigg Boss Tamil contestants like Harathi Ganesh, Shakthi, and others attended the wedding.
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SUDHEER BABU COUNTERS BJP MLA
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ecently T. Raja Singh, the BJP Goshamahal MLA requested Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to ban the screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati till the film-maker makes the required changes. Raja Singh also shared a video on his Twitter page, where he was seen making heinous comments against women belonging to film industry. Raja Singh Said, "Not outside women, but the women belonging to Telugu film industry change husbands daily". Recently, BJP MP Chintamani
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Malviya had created a major storm when he said that wives in filmmakers’ families change their husbands every day. Both these derogatory statements witnessed a huge backlash from all quarters. Sudheer Babu who got angry at the BJP leader's comments against film industry women, took to Twitter and said, “RajSingh shame on you. That’s the image u have about women. Women in your house should spit on you..” Several netizens trolled Raja Singh for his comments against Tollywood women.
RAVI TEJA signs his next film M
ass Maharaja Ravi Teja has signed his next upcoming project. He was in the talk with 'Soggade Chinni Nayana' fame Kalyan Krishna for the upcoming project. Now the sources have confirmed the news that Ravi Teja who is impressed by his characterization and the final narration, has given his green signal to the director. Ravi Teja who was last seen in Raja The Great, is currently waiting for the release of Touch Chesi Chudu, which is arriving at the theaters on the occasion of Sankranthi 2018. This could be his immediate next project after 'Touch Chesi Chudu'. Earlier Kick 2 and Bengal Tiger star was in the talk for the Telugu remake of Tamil hit movie Bogan, but later he backed out of the remake. Now his upcoming film with Kalyan Krishan will be bankrolled by the same producers who were supposed to bankroll Bogan remake. Very soon the makers will make official announcement regarding the project. It is said to be a complete village-based entertainer, on the lines of Soggade Chinni Nayana. The pre-production work has been already started.
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KORATALA TO TEAM UP WITH
ALLU ARJUN & DIL RAJU
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oratala Siva is currently busy in his upcoming Political drama Bharat Ane Nenu in which Supertar Mahesh Babu and Kiara Advani are playing the lead roles. After the blockbuster movie Srimanthudu, it is the second time when Mahesh teamed up with
Now according to the latest buzz in the film Industry, Koratala Siva is planning to direct stylish Star Allu Arjun. The talk has been initiated. The sources say that noted producer Dil Raju will bankroll this upcoming saga. On the otherside, currently Bunny is busy in the
Koratala Siva. Apart from this big budget drama, Koratala Siva is supposed to work with Ram Charan and Young Tiger Jr.NTR in his upcoming projects but both mass heroes have become extremely unavailable for the director as they have set up massive projects.
shoot of Vakkantham Vamsi's patriotic drama 'Naa Peru Surya' in which he is playing military officer. Sarrainodu star has already committed to work with Tamil director Lingusamy next. We have to wait and see whether this project materializes or not.
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SAMANTHA’S BIRTHDAY WISH FOR NAGA CHAITANYA
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n 23rd November, Naga Chaitanya celebrated his first birthday after wedding with Samantha Ruth Prabhu. So all eyes were on Mrs Samantha Akkineni! She took to Instagram to post wishes about her husband Chaitu. She shared a pic and wrote, “Happy birthday my Everything I don’t wish, I pray every single day that God gives you everything your heart desires . I love you forever . #happybirthdaychay.” Currently Naga Chaitanya is busy in his upcoming action and family entertainer Savyasachi. On 22nd
November, the makers also released the first look poster of the movie. Interestingly, the actor has been credited as Chaitanya Akkineni instead of Naga Chaitanya, his usual screen name. The earlier poster had Naga Chaitanya wield two arrows without showing his face, increasing the curiosity over the actor’s role. Helmed by director Chandoo Mondeti, the film has Nidhhi Agerwal as female lead. Madhavan is playing crucial role in the film, being bankrolled by Mythri movie makers and it will have music by MM Keeravani.
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RAVI KISHAN JOINS MEGASTAR CHIRANJEEVI
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hojpuri actor and TV personality Ravi Kishan has been the part of several Telugu movies like Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s Kick 2, Sai Dharam Tej’s Supreme, Allu Arjun’s Race Gurram, Sharwanand’s Radha , and he was last seen in Nithiin starrer action thriller drama LIE in the direction of Hanu Raghavapudi. Now according to the latest update, Ravi Kishan has been roped in Megastar Chiranjeevi’s highly-anticipated historical biopic, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy to play the crucial
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role, being helmed by Surender Reddy and produced by Ram Charan under the banner of Konidela Production Company. He is the latest addition of this ambitious magnum opus. Ravi Kishan, who is popular for his villainous avatar, has worked with Surender Reddy for the blockbuster movie Race Gurram and Kick 2. Both Ravi Kishan and Suri are very close together and share good rapport. The actor is thrilled on being part of such a prestigious project and can’t wait to work with Megastar.
ANR’S GRANDDAUGHTER
SUPRIYA MAKES HER COMEBACK
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arlagadda Supriya is the granddaughter of the veteran actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) and sister of Sumanth. Supriya’s strategic and organizational vision is strong. She debuted as an actress with Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. The film is a remake of the Hindi movie Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Later Supriya moved to studies and then took the role of a director in Annapurna Studios. She got married and divorced to late Charan Reddy, who acted as hero in ‘Ishtam’ directed by Vikram K Kumar and Raj Kumar in 2001. Now according to the
latest update, she is making her comeback in Telugu film Industry. It is heard that Y. Supriya will be seen playing a crucial role in upcoming movie ‘Goodachari’ in which Adivi Sesh and Sobhita Dhulipala are playing the lead role. Adivi Sesh and Sumanth are very close friends and share good rapport. The sources say that Adivi Sesh requested her to act in the movie and she accepted the offer. Let’s wait and see how Supriya impresses the audiences. The film is directed by the duo Rahul Pakala and Sashi Kiran Tikka, and bankrolled by Abhishek Pictures
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tar comedian turned actor Sunil is making his comeback as comedian into the industry. But everyone wonder about which movie would be his film for re entry, finally Sunil re entry as comedian is his friend Trivikram Srinivas’s film in which Young Tiger Jr.NTR will play the lead role and it will be produced by Haarika & Hassine Creations. The sources close to the film unit say that Trivikram Srinivas has penned a full length comic role for Sunil
movie is said to be playing Tarak’s sidekick and offer huge comic relief throughout the movie. Everyone is very confident that with this film Sunil will again get many opportunities as comedian. Sunil and Trivikram are very close together and shares good rapport. The previous offering of Sunil’s Ungarala Rambabu gave a clear end to Sunil career as hero. Hence, even Sunil announced about him acting as comedian in his further films.
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It's biopic time for
ILEANA D’CRUZ
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oan beauty Ileana D'Cruz who was last seen in Bollywood movie Baadshaho starring Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra, has been approached for an upcoming biopic on Uzma Ahmed. The filmmaker Shivam Nair is planning to make a biopic on her. The sources say that he is planning to bring Nawab Saif Ali Khan and Ileana D'Cruz on the board to play the lead role. Recently the director met the actress and Ileana loved the idea. She knew about Uzma and is really excited to play her. If
Julai and Jalsa fame Ileana gives green signal to makers, she will be seen playing Uzma. It was in May this year that news channels went crazy over the story of Uzma Ahmed. Uzma fell in love with Tahir Ali, a Pakistani citizen, whom she met in Malaysia. She then travelled to Pakistan to meet him but found that he was already married. Wedding at gunpoint, sexual assaults and subsequent escape to the Indian high commission, Uzma finally returned to India with the help from Union Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.
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n alliance between Jana Sena President and actor Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Bollywood Seductress Sunny Leone! Is it possible? Recently Pawan Kalyan was spotted at Shamshabad Airport, where he received grand welcome from his fans, followers and Janasena activists. He returned from London after receiving IEBF Excellence Award in London Parliament house. Many tried to take selfies with him while the others made him CM through their slogans. Controversial film maker Ram Gopal Varma who is popular for targeting Pawan Kalayn, commented much bigger crowd has been gathering to catch a glimpse of Sunny Leone. Recently former porn star Sunny
Leone visited Kochi, Kerala for an inaugural event. She was swarmed by thousands of fans. People waited for long hours for their favourite star and the air was filled with the chants of “We love Sunny Leone”. RGV shared a pic and wrote on the wall of Facebook, “An alliance of Pawan Kalyan/ Sunny Leone with a combined party name called Jana Sena/Jana Seva party will be a sure shot SUPER HIT because they both are crowd pullers.” Ram Gopal Varma also raised the doubt, 'If fans were given an opportunity to hug, Whom among Pawan Kalyan and Sunny Leone will receive most hugs?'. Comparing with the crowd-puller charisma of Sexy Siren Sunny Leone, RGV mocked Pawan Kalyan, once again.
Alliance of Pawan Kalyan and
SUNNY LEONE
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Charan's horse riding with Surender Reddy's son
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ecently, one of the pictures of Mega actor Ram Charan was out on social media where he's seen riding a horse along with a kid. Everyone was eager to know, Who the boy is? He is none other than the son of director Surender Reddy. Ram Charan gave the kid an experience of horse riding thrills. It is known news that Ram Charan, who is an expert in horse riding, loves kids very much. Barring a few, many Telugu stars prefer body doubles, especially for riding horses in films but Ram
Charan Tej intends to break this practice. Earlier on several occasions, he has said, "Horse riding has always fascinated me. It has been a joyful learning experience and even now I visit my friend's stable whenever I feel like taking a ride.�In order to begin the selection of horses for the first schedule of Megastar Chiranjeevi’s Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy, both director and producer Surender Reddy and Ram Charan were spotted together along with the kid.
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POSANI
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ctor and popular writer Posani Krishna Murali, who is popular for his bold talk has shocked everyone as he declined to accept the Nandi award due to the caste controversies. The controversy surrounding the Nandi Awards has taken a new twist with Posani Krishna Murali declining to receive the award and coming down heavily upon the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government. On 14th November, AP government announced the winners' list for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. Ever since the awards were announced, several film personalities, who were upset with the jury, expressed their disappointment in the selection of awardees. Posani Krishna Murali has won the best supporting actor for his performance in Jr NTR's Temper now he has decided not receive this honour after hearing that the selection process was not unbiased. Recently, in a press meet Posani Murali Krisha announced his decision to return the Nandi award. Addressing the media, the actor said that he has taken this decision after seeing the outburst against the 'injustice'. He requested Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu to cancel all these awards.
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ndia’s Manushi Chillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant in China, 17 years after Priyanka Chopra won the title in 2000. The 20-year-old girl from Haryana, who is a medical student, edged out top five contestants from England, France, Kenya and Mexico at the event, which saw participation from 118 countries. Manushi Chillar hails from Haryana state. Manushi, whose father is a scientist and mother an academic, is the sixth Indian woman to be crowned Miss World. Tollywood’s fashion sources have revealed that there is a
connection with her to Samantha Ruth Prabhu who tied the knot with Akkineni Naga Chaitanya on 6th and 7th October in Goa. Manushi Chillar was seen in a special outfit during the final round of Miss World, which was designed by famous designers duo Falguni and Shene. The same designer duos have designed the outfits for Samantha Akkineni during her wedding reception, hosted by Akkineni Nagarjuna in Hyderabad. Samantha Akkineni was seen in an outfit with 3DE printing on it. That is how both of them related with the same designer.
RELATION BETWEEN
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MISHTI CHAKRABORTY to play IT Professional
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ishti Chakraborty who made her Telugu debut with Nithiin-A.Karunakaran film Chinnadana Nee Kosam and was last seen in bold drama Babu Baga Busy starring Srinivas Avasarala, Sreemukhi, Tejaswi Madivada and Supriya Aysola, will essay an IT professional in Karthik Raju’s upcoming untitled film in the direction of Poornanand. Recently during the media interaction, Mishti said, “The role comes like a breath of fresh air for me. I am playing
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an IT professional in this upcoming family entertainer. The film will have all the elements of romance, action and fantasy. My role in this movie is completely different from Columbus.” Currently the actress is busy in the shoot of upcoming movie Sarabha, which is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Narasimha Rao, a protégé of Shankar. Actor Aakash Sehdev is playing the lead role.
kaira advani's hottest look:
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here is no need of any introduction for Bollywood beauty Kiara Advani. She is making her Telugu debut with upcoming political drama Bharat Ane Nenu in which Superstar Mahesh Babu is playing the lead role and will be seen essaying the role of Chief Minister of the state. Currently the film is progressing at brisk pace in the direction of Srimanthudu fame Koratala Siva. In Bollywood Kiara Advani entertained the audience by playing Sakshi's role in MS Dhoni: The Untold Story also starred in another Hindi movie Machine which was bombed at the box office. Kiara has a very strong Bollywood background to support which boasts of being the great granddaughter of Ashok Kumar and the great grand niece of Saeed Jaffrey. She is also the niece of model Shaheen Jaffrey and actress Juhi Chawla. Recently, the actress did the photoshoot for the cover Page of noted magazine. The Magazine gave the description of Kiara Advani 'Toned.. Sexy and Strong..' and gave a tagline The Front Runner.